CN101108117A - Endoscope - Google Patents
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Abstract
An endoscope 1 according to the present invention comprises an insertion portion 2, an operation portion 3, an image pickup device 17 provided in the operation portion 3, an image display device 4 connected to the operation portion 3 and provided with a monitor portion 21, an image processing portion such as an image pickup device control circuit 33 processing an image pickup signal of a portion to be inspected picked up by the image pickup device 17, a cylindrical rotating shaft 55 formed by an electromagnetic wave shielding member such as metal, slidably engaged with the operation portion, for rotatably connecting the operation portion 3 and the image display device 4 to each other, and an image pickup cable 58 inserted through the rotating shaft 55 and electrically connecting the image pickup device control circuit 33 and the image pickup device 17 to each other.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of endoscope, on the operating portion of this endoscope, be connected with the display device that is used to show the endoscopic images of taking by image unit.
Background technology
In the past, as the light source of endoscope, known have be built in be connected with endoscope as the illuminator in the light supply apparatus of ancillary equipment.When from light supply apparatus when endoscope supplies with illumination light, the illumination light of sending from illuminator is by means of the optical fibers that extends in endoscope, be delivered to the front end of insertion section from the general flexible cord (universal cord) of endoscope via operating portion, the front end from the insertion section shines tested position then.
In addition, in recent years, the purpose that is reduced to the endoscope apparatus integral body that realizes constituting by endoscope and ancillary equipment, the known endoscope that following structure is arranged: constitute light source by light emitting diode, this light emitting diode is located in the endoscope, and is used to show that the display device of endoscopic images is connected with operating portion.
If the light source that is made of light emitting diode is located at the structure in the endoscope, then do not need the light supply apparatus that is connected with endoscope, therefore can simplify endoscope apparatus, and light emitting diode compare with illuminator etc. can save electric power carry out luminous, so can realize province's electrification of endoscope apparatus.In addition, if the structure that display device is connected with operating portion, then do not need the monitor that is connected with endoscope, therefore can simplify endoscope apparatus.
And then, in the operating portion of endoscope, be provided with acceptance by imaging apparatus such as the CCD of the picture (light) of image guide passage guiding and make this picture (light) be imaged on the collecting lens of the light accepting part of imaging apparatus, in addition, in display device, be provided with the image processing circuits of exporting after the image signalization of the subject of will take such as imaging apparatus control circuit by imaging apparatus.
Prior art as this endoscope apparatus has proposed a plurality of schemes, and TOHKEMY 2005-237513 communique and the disclosed endoscope apparatus of TOHKEMY 2005-342399 communique are for example arranged.
Disclose the technology about such endoscope apparatus in TOHKEMY 2005-237513 communique, that is, this endoscope apparatus has: operating portion, and it is provided with handle part and is connected with the base end part of insertion section; And support, it is located on this operating portion and with display device and is supported to and can rotates, the display screen of display device constitutes the axle that can intersect around the length direction with handle part and rotates, thus, when operator is operationally controlled operating portion, even operating portion towards change, also can make the direction of display screen towards easy observation.
In addition, technology about such endoscope apparatus is disclosed in TOHKEMY 2005-342399 communique, promptly, the endoscope and the display device that are formed with handle part are set to one, and image display is mounted to from the sidepiece of endoscope outstanding, with box lunch with thumb when last mode is controlled handle part, image display is positioned at the finger of the controlling top beyond the thumb, thereby the burden that makes weight balancing well reduce to point in the use thus can easily be operated for a long time.
But, in existing endoscope, have following structure: in operating portion, be provided with the imaging apparatus of the high signal of video signal of output frequency, in addition, be used to handle from the image processing circuit of the signal of video signal of imaging apparatus and have to be configured in the display device.
Therefore, must use shooting cable (connection cord) to be electrically connected between the image processing circuit in imaging apparatus in operating portion and the display device, and because the high signal of video signal of transmission frequency, so from the imaging apparatus or the radiation noises such as cable generates electromagnetic waves of making a video recording, this radiation noise might drain to the endoscope outside, therefore need seek electromagnetic wave countermeasure [EMI (Electro MagneticInterference) countermeasure].
Yet in the structure of the disclosed endoscope apparatus of TOHKEMY 2005-237513 communique, display device is set to and can rotates with respect to handle part by support.In endoscope apparatus, with being electrically connected that imaging apparatus and image processing circuit are electrically connected as the bunched cable of shooting cable the outside via operating portion and display device based on this structure.
Therefore, existing endoscope apparatus need reduce to radiate the influence that noise brings, and needs to use the good bunched cable of electromagnetic shielding effect.Because the good bunched cable of this shield effectiveness is thick and be difficult for deflection with respect to common cable, so under the situation about disposing in the outside of operating portion operated and display device, might damage operability via operator.Therefore, if consider operability, then the image processing circuit of the imaging apparatus of operating portion and display device preferably is contained in the endoscope inside that the shooting cable that is connected has shield effectiveness.
On the other hand, in the structure of the disclosed endoscope apparatus of TOHKEMY 2005-342399 communique, the connecting portion that operating portion and display device are coupled together is set, make image processing circuits such as imaging apparatus and imaging apparatus control circuit are electrically connected, pass in this connecting portion as the order wire and the supply lines of shooting cable.Thus, the face shaping that the acquisition of the endoscope apparatus of TOHKEMY 2005-342399 communique is suitable for carrying helps the raising of operability.
But, in the structure of the endoscope apparatus of this TOHKEMY 2005-342399 communique, do not have concrete disclosing about the electromagnetic wave countermeasure of the connecting portion between operating portion and display device.Therefore, the coupling part of this endoscope apparatus between operating portion and display device can not fully shield the radiation noise that produces from the order wire as the shooting cable.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the present invention finishes in view of above-mentioned condition, its purpose is to provide a kind of endoscope, this endoscope makes the shooting cable pass the electromagnetic wave shielding member of the tubular of the connecting portion that constitutes operating portion and display device, shielding can reliably prevent thus that from the radiation noise of shooting cable this radiation noise leakage is to the endoscope outside.
First endoscope of the present invention has: the insertion section, and it is used for inserting subject; Operating portion, the base end side of itself and this insertion section is connected with; Image pickup part, it is located in the above-mentioned insertion section or in the aforesaid operations portion, takes the tested position of above-mentioned subject; Display device, it is located in the aforesaid operations portion, and has the display part of the photographs that is used to show the above-mentioned tested position of being taken by above-mentioned image pickup part; Image processing part, it is located in this display device, is used to handle the image pickup signal at the above-mentioned tested position of being taken by above-mentioned image pickup part; And electromagnetic wave shielding portion, it is located in the connecting portion of aforesaid operations portion and above-mentioned display device, and disposes the shooting cable with above-mentioned image processing part and the electrical connection of above-mentioned image pickup part.
Second endoscope of the present invention has: the elongated insertion section that is used for inserting subject; Operating portion, the base end side of itself and above-mentioned insertion section is connected with; Image pickup part, it is located in the above-mentioned insertion section or in the aforesaid operations portion, takes the tested position of above-mentioned subject; Display device, it is located in the aforesaid operations portion, and has the display part of the endoscopic images that is used to show the above-mentioned tested position of being taken by above-mentioned image pickup part; Image processing part, it is located in the above-mentioned display device, is used to handle the image pickup signal at the above-mentioned tested position of being taken by above-mentioned image pickup part; The spindle unit of tubular, it is used for aforesaid operations portion and above-mentioned display device are connected into free to rotate, and this spindle unit is located in the above-mentioned display device in the mode that can engage with aforesaid operations portion with being free to slide, and is formed by electromagnetic wave shielding member; And the shooting cable, it runs through the inside of above-mentioned spindle unit, and above-mentioned image processing part and above-mentioned image pickup part are electrically connected.
Reach other purpose, feature and advantage from following more than the present invention with reference to being expressly understood more the description of accompanying drawing.
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Fig. 1 is the axonometric chart of the endoscope of expression an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is a partial perspective view of observing the endoscope of Fig. 1 from face side.
Fig. 3 is the local amplification view of the image display of the endoscope of presentation graphs 1 state that can rotate freely.
Fig. 4 is the partial enlarged drawing of the confined state of rotation status of the image display of presentation graphs 3.
Fig. 5 is the plane graph of image display of the endoscope of Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is the local amplification sectional view of the internal structure of the schematically operating portion of the endoscope of presentation graphs 1.
Fig. 7 is to be the schematically block diagram of the internal structure of the endoscope of presentation graphs 1 of main body with camera system and lamp optical system.
Fig. 8 is the part of operating portion of the VIII-VIII line in Fig. 3 and the sectional view of image display.
Fig. 9 is the vertical view that is fixed on the imaging apparatus of the state on the lens frame of Fig. 8.
Figure 10 is the sectional view of the image display of the X-X line in Fig. 8.
Figure 11 is the sectional view of the image display of the XI-XI line in Figure 10.
Figure 12 is turning cylinder in the operating portion of the XII-XII line in Fig. 8 and near the sectional view the lens frame.
Figure 13 is near the sectional view the turning cylinder in the operating portion of the XIII-XIII line in Fig. 8.
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Below, with reference to the description of drawings embodiments of the present invention.In addition, in the following embodiments, be that example illustrates endoscope with the medical endoscope.
Fig. 1 is the axonometric chart of the endoscope of expression an embodiment of the invention, Fig. 2 is a partial perspective view of observing the endoscope of Fig. 1 from the face side of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is the local amplification view of the image display of the endoscope of presentation graphs 1 state that can rotate freely, Fig. 4 is the partial enlarged drawing of the confined state of rotation status of the image display of presentation graphs 3, and Fig. 5 is the plane graph of image display of the endoscope of Fig. 1.
As shown in Figure 1, the major part of the endoscope main body 1b of endoscope 1 comprises: the insertion section 2 that is used to insert the endoceliac tested position that becomes subject; The operating portion 3 that is connected with the base end side of this insertion section 2; And the image display 4 that is provided in the upper end of this operating portion 3 as display device.
The major part of operating portion 3 comprises: the handle part 8 of being controlled by operator when operator is controlled endoscope 1; Operating portion main body 9 with the base end side that is located at this handle part 8.
The outer dress of handle part 8 forms and can it be encased the shape that grips by the thumb T (with reference to Fig. 3) of for example left hand of operator and other finger of left hand, and is for example shaft-like.In addition, handle part 8 also can form the shape that the enough right hands of operator energy grip.
In addition, in handle part 8, positive 1h side in endoscope 1 is provided with treatment instrument impenetrating mouth 10, this treatment instrument impenetrating mouth 10 be used for by with treatment instruments such as pliers with respect to aspiration described later 100 (with reference to Fig. 6, Fig. 7) plug of extending in the inside of endoscope 1, thereby with treatment instrument with respect to plugging in the body cavity.
As shown in Figure 2, the positive 1h side in the endoscope 1 of operating portion main body 9 is provided with the suction interface 11 that uses when aspirating liquid such as body fluid, expectorant in body cavity.Aspirator can freely be connected with suction interface 11 via not shown pipeline.
Operator makes the aspirator action, thereby can aspirate body fluid, expectorant etc. in body cavity.At length say, operator is by operating pumping button 11a described later, can in body cavity, aspirate body fluid and expectorant etc. via aspiration 100 as fluid circuit, shown in Figure 7 as described later, aspiration 100 is opened on the mode that operating portion main body 9, other end 100s be opened on the front end face 5s of leading section 5 with an end 100t and extends in operating portion 3 and insertion section 2.In addition, also pipeline can be inserted in the stream in the aspiration 100,, on suction joint 11, freely connect air is delivered to endoceliac air supply plant with respect to this pipeline.
In addition, the left side in Fig. 1 of operating portion main body 9 is provided with ventilation interface 12, and this ventilation interface 12 is used for when carrying out the leakage inspection of endoscope 1 air being delivered in insertion section 2, operating portion 3 and the image display 4.Feeder can freely be connected with ventilation interface 12 via not shown pipeline.Operator makes the feeder action, from ventilation interface 12 air is sent in the endoscope 1 in water, can carry out the leakage inspection of endoscope 1 thus.
In addition, not shown lid that the atmosphere of endoscope 1 inside discharges etc. can freely be loaded and unloaded with respect to ventilation interface 12.This lid etc. is the parts that endoscope 1 are placed on the endoscope 1 of negative pressure use of following time in that endoscope 1 is carried out sterilization treatment or aircraft dispatch etc.The parts of one example for example have the parts of the atmosphere release that makes endoscope 1 inside, break because of negative pressure in order to avoid coat the not shown rubber of the periphery of bending section 6.In addition, ventilation interface 12 be arranged at and be contained in the position of the battery opposition side in the apparatus main body 18 described later, so the weight balancing of endoscope main body 1b is good with respect to endoscope main body 1b, is preferred construction for the raising that realizes operability.
In addition, be provided with bending operation handle 13 in the back side 1z side of the endoscope 1 of operating portion main body 9, this bending operation handle 13 is used for making bending section 6 for example crooked along the vertical direction via bending operation silk 60 (with reference to Fig. 6).
One end of bending operation silk 60 is fixed on the front end or leading section 5 of the not shown curved block in the bending section 6, the other end is fixed on the not shown pulley that is equipped in the operating portion 3 etc., and this bending operation silk 60 extends in insertion section 2 and operating portion 3.
In bending operation handle 13, arm 13b ground axle suspension free to rotate is taken the precalculated position that finger 13a is located at operating portion main body 9 thus in connecting on the turning cylinder 14 of operating portion main body 9 along the left and right directions among Fig. 1.
In addition, as shown in Figure 2, be provided with image recording switch 15a and image reproduces switch 15b in the positive 1h side of the endoscope 1 of operating portion main body 9.Image recording switch 15a connects in the recording medium of record control circuit 31 described later (with reference to Fig. 7) time will being shown in photologging on the image display 4.In addition, image reproduces when image that switch 15b writes down making reproduces and connects.In addition, the positive 1h side in the endoscope 1 of operating portion main body 9 is provided with pumping button 11a near presentation switch 15.
In addition, shown in Figure 6 as described later, being equipped with in handle part 8 as lighting unit is for example light emitting diode (hereinafter referred to as LED) 16 of white of Lighting Division, and this Lighting Division is used to provide the illumination light of irradiation subject.In addition, shown in Figure 6 as described later, in operating portion main body 9, be equipped with imaging apparatus 17, this imaging apparatus 17 is that the image unit at the tested position of shooting is an image pickup part, is made of CCD, CMOS etc.In addition, these imaging apparatus 17 formations are as the image pickup part of image unit.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, the profile of image display 4 is by forming as the lower part: box-shaped i.e. the apparatus main body 18 of rectangular shape roughly; With inclination handle 19, it is to form planar mode with the bight from one side of this apparatus main body 18 to take the finger to what the back side of endoscope 1 1z side was extended.
As shown in Figure 5, upper surface at the apparatus main body 18 of the face that the sets 4h of the formation of image display 4 exterior member 4g described later (all with reference to Fig. 8 and Figure 11) is provided with: as the monitor portion 21 of display part, it is used to show the endoscopic images of being taken by imaging apparatus 17; POWER display lamp 23, it is lighted when power connection; And on and off switch 22, it is used for the power supply of on/off endoscope main body 1b.
In addition, be provided with at the upper surface of the inclination handle 19 of the face that the sets 4h of the formation of image display 4 exterior member 4g described later: rest image record change-over switch 24, it is connected when the endoscopic images that will be write down is set at rest image; And dynamic image record change-over switch 25, it is connected when the endoscopic images that will be write down is set at dynamic image.
In addition, rest image record change-over switch 24 and dynamic image record change-over switch 25 also can constitute the upper surface that is located at apparatus main body 18, and on and off switch 22 also can constitute the upper surface that is located at inclination handle 19.In addition, image recording switch 15a and image reproduce switch 15b and also can constitute the upper surface that is located at apparatus main body 18 or the upper surface of inclination handle 19.
In addition, when operator touches under the situation of on and off switch 22 in using the process of endoscope 1 mistakenly, before on and off switch 22 was pressed, make image display 4 earlier serve as an axle rotation with turning cylinder 55 to this on and off switch 22 to the power that is pressed into directive effect.In other words, carry out under the state of holding device main body 18 wittingly at operator because the pressing operation of on and off switch 22 is the modes of not rotating with image display 4, cut off the electricity supply so can prevent from the process of using endoscope 1, inadvertently to touch on and off switch 22.
In addition, as shown in Figure 1, but the one side of the back side 1z side in the endoscope 1 of apparatus main body 18 is equipped with the lid 26 of freely openable, this lid 26 is used for battery 34 and not shown recording mediums such as storage card are contained in not shown accommodation section in the apparatus main body 18, perhaps deviates from from the accommodation section.
The component parts that be provided in apparatus main body 18 movable by these rotations, switching etc. becomes the structure that keeps watertight.Especially as shown in Figure 3, the lid 26 of switching is by being located on the side of formation accommodation section that fixed claw 26a on button bar (buckle lever) 26b hangs over apparatus main body 18, and forming the structure that keeps the watertight in the accommodation section reliably.
Promptly, image display 4 to be being connected with by the mode that is provided in turning cylinder 55 rotating supports in the connecting portion 120 and the upper end of operating portion 3, and the upper end of described operating portion 3 is operating portion 3 and the other end (with reference to a Fig. 8) end opposition side that extends insertion section 2 from operating portion 3.In addition, this turning cylinder 55 constitutes spindle unit.
The finger abdomen of the thumb T of for example left hand of the operator by holding handle part 8 rotates inclination handle 19, carries out the rotation of image display 4.In addition, being formed with a plurality of protuberances at the upper surface of inclination handle 19 is anti-skidding 20 (with reference to Fig. 3).Thus, operator can not skid finger by means of anti-skidding 20, thereby the monitor portion 21 of image display 4 is rotated into towards desirable direction.
In addition, in the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 4, need not complicated mechanism is set, just the rotational angle (being also referred to as the angle of inclination) of monitor portion 21 can be restricted to predetermined angle.Specifically, as shown in Figure 4, on the apparatus main body 18 of image display 4, be provided with: the first butting section 18a, the described first butting section 18a restraint device main body 18 monitor portion 21 deviate from towards direction of insertion J with insertion section 2 above the turned position of position; And the second butting section 18b, the described second butting section 18b restraint device main body 18 monitor portion 21 towards with the turned position of the position of the roughly orthogonal direction P of the direction of insertion J back side 1z side that is endoscope 1.
These the first butting section 18a and the second butting section 18b be by being connected to the precalculated position of constituent apparatus main body 18 and the outer surface of exterior member 3h connecting portion 120, operating portion main body 9 of operating portion main body 9, thereby be in the rotation of restriction apparatus main body 18 on solid line among Fig. 4 and the angle position shown in the dotted line in monitor portion 21.
In addition, in the present embodiment, the outer surface butt of exterior member 3h by making the first butting section 18a and operating portion main body 9, thereby with the rotation (solid line portion in Fig. 4) of monitor portion 21 towards the mode restraint device main body 18 of the top that deviates from direction of insertion J.On the other hand, the outer surface butt of exterior member 3h by making the second butting section 18b and operating portion main body 9, thus for example be the rotation (dotted line part among Fig. 4) of the mode restraint device main bodys 18 of 60 degree with the surface of monitor portion 21 with P direction angulation as horizontal direction.Certainly be not limited thereto, also can change shape or the position of the first butting section 18a and the second butting section 18b, thereby make the rotational angle of the variable apparatus main body 18 of the faces direction of monitor portion 21 with desirable angle limits.
Next, with reference to Fig. 6 the structure that sets LED 16 in operating portion 3 is described.Fig. 6 is the local amplification sectional view of the internal structure of the schematically operating portion of the endoscope of presentation graphs 1.
As shown in Figure 6, in inside by the handle part 8 of the operating portion 3 of exterior member 3g watertight ground sealing, back side 1z side and positive 1h side along the endoscope 1 of exterior member 3g, extend in opposed facing mode along the major axis of handle part 8 and to be provided with metal framework 80, this metal framework 80 constitutes tabular conductivity of heat framework and cross section and forms semicircle.Each metal framework 80 is with respect to exterior member 3g, is fixed on respectively the clamping on the plate 81 of inner surface of this exterior member 3g by Screw 95.
In addition, aspiration 100, image guide passage 38, bending operation silk 60 and fibre bundle 35 extend in the space that is formed by two metal frameworks 80 facing in the handle part 8.In addition, cable 30s also extends in this space, and this cable 30s extends to LED16 from power-supplying circuit 30 described later, and the power delivery that is used for supplying with from battery 34 is to LED 16.
In addition, in the space that forms by two metal frameworks 80 facing in the handle part 8, be fixed with luminescence unit fixed part (being also referred to as the illuminating part fixed part) 70 by Screw 90 as installing component.
Luminescence unit fixed part 70 is for example formed by solid roughly columned parts, for example is made of heat transfer components such as aluminum or pyrite.In addition, as shown in Figure 6, on luminescence unit fixed part 70, be formed with through hole 70a～70e (have only through hole 70c not shown) respectively along the major axis of handle part 8.In addition, luminescence unit fixed part 70 also can only be made of heat transfer component between through hole 70a and through hole 70b.
The fluid circuit that extends in handle part 8 is that the position midway of aspiration 100 is to be applied among the through hole 70a with the mode that closely contacts in the interior week of through hole 70a.In addition, in through hole 70b, run through and dispose LED base 76 described later and fibre bundle 35.
In addition, be fixed with LED 16 good conductivity of heat material LED base 76 with an end face of fibre bundle 35 against mode be plugged in the inside of through hole 70b.In addition, be connected with cable 30s on LED base 76, this cable 30s is from being used for providing the power-supplying circuit described later 30 (with reference to Fig. 7) of electric power to extend out to LED 16.In addition, LED base 76 is fixed into and closely the contacting in interior week of through hole 70b.
In addition, the base end part of image guide passage 38 is fixed on imaging apparatus 17 and collecting lens 37 is carried out on the fixed lens frame 82.Installation method about the imaging apparatus 17 in this lens frame 82 will be explained below.
Next, with reference to Fig. 7 to Figure 13 explanation with camera system and lamp optical system internal structure as the endoscope 1 of main body.
Fig. 7 is to be the schematically block diagram of the internal structure of the endoscope of presentation graphs 1 of main body with camera system and lamp optical system, Fig. 8 is the part of operating portion of the VIII-VIII line in Fig. 3 and the sectional view of image display, Fig. 9 is the vertical view that is fixed on the imaging apparatus of the state on the lens frame of Fig. 8, Figure 10 is the sectional view of the image display of the X-X line in Fig. 8, Figure 11 is the sectional view of the image display of the XI-XI line in Figure 10, Figure 12 is turning cylinder in the operating portion of the XII-XII line in Fig. 8 and near the sectional view the lens frame, and Figure 13 is near the sectional view the turning cylinder in the operating portion of the XIII-XIII line in Fig. 8.
As shown in Figure 7, in the inner space 4i that the exterior member 4g as framework by image display 4 seals with the state that keeps watertight, except being provided with above-mentioned monitor portion 21 and battery 34, also be provided with power-supplying circuit 30, as record cell and constitute the record control circuit 31, display control circuit 32 of record portion and as the imaging apparatus control circuit 33 of image unit as drive circuit.
On the face that the sets 4h of the exterior member 4g of image display 4, be provided with the groove 4m (with reference to Figure 11) of concavity.This groove 4m forms the big or small roughly the same of its plane sizes and above-mentioned monitor portion 21.
In addition, as shown in figure 11, in groove 4m, embed display elements such as LCD (hereinafter referred to as the LCD) 21L that is equipped with as display unit, and the transparent cap assembly 21C that covers the display surface 21LH of this LCD 21L.In addition, LCD 21L and cap assembly 21C constitute the part of monitor portion 21.In addition, the exterior member 4g of image display 4 keeps monitor portion 21.
And then as shown in Figure 7, fibre bundle 35 and image guide passage 38 extend to the handle part 8 of operating portion 3 from the insertion section 2 of endoscope 1 inside.In addition, aspiration 100 extends to operating portion main body 9 from leading section 5.And then bending operation silk 60 (not shown in Fig. 7) extends to operating portion main body 9 from bending section 6.
In addition, as shown in Figure 7, from the illumination light that is located at the LED 16 in the handle part 8 shine with LED 16 against mode be positioned at an end face of the fibre bundle 35 of handle part 8.Then, be transferred to the other end that is positioned at leading section 5 of fibre bundle 35 from an end face of fibre bundle 35 from the illumination light of LED 16.Then, the illumination light that is directed in this fibre bundle 35 is radiated in the predetermined scope towards endoceliac tested position 50 by illuminating lens 36, and this illuminating lens 36 is located at the front of the other end that is positioned at leading section 5 of fibre bundle 35.
Incide the other end of image guide passage 38 via imaging lens system 40 that is located at leading section 5 and object lens 39 from the picture that reflected light produced at light-struck tested position 50 of being thrown light on by this.Then, be transferred to an end of image guide passage 38 by the picture at the tested position 50 that reflected light produced.Then, be imaged on the imaging apparatus 17 via the collecting lenses 37 that are located in the operating portion main body 9 by the picture at the tested position 50 that reflected light produced a end from image guide passage 38.
As shown in figure 11, power-supplying circuit 30 is in the 4i of the inner space of image display 4, in plane space, be provided in and form the non-contacting position of wall of the back side 4b side of inner space 4i than the back side 4b side of the 21 more close exterior member 4g of monitor portion.That is, power-supplying circuit 30 is provided in and the above-mentioned different space of LED 16 that is equipped in the handle part 8, promptly is provided in the position of the inner space 4i of image display 4, so that the heat that is produced by this power-supplying circuit 30 can not influence operator.
This power-supplying circuit 30 will be exported the driving electric corresponding with each circuit with respect to LED 16, imaging apparatus 17, monitor portion 21, record control circuit 31, display control circuit 32 and imaging apparatus control circuit 33 respectively from the electric power that battery 34 is supplied with.
In addition, as Fig. 8 and shown in Figure 10, driving electric exports imaging apparatus 17 and the LED 16 that is provided in the operating portion 3 to via cable 30s, 30m, and described cable 30s, 30m run through the space 55i in the turning cylinder 55 in the connecting portion 120 of operating portion 3 and image display 4.In addition, in the 4i of the inner space of image display 4, driving electric exports record control circuit 31, display control circuit 32 and imaging apparatus control circuit 33 to via cable 30v.
In addition, power-supplying circuit 30 constitutes and comprises on and off switch 22, carries out on/off by on and off switch 22.In addition, battery 34 is made of the secondary cell that uses that can charge repeatedly.
The picture at the tested position of being taken by imaging apparatus 17 50 exports imaging apparatus control circuit 33 from imaging apparatus 17 to by shooting cable 58, and end of this shooting cable 58 is connected with imaging apparatus 17, and the other end is connected with imaging apparatus control circuit 33.
In addition, shooting cable 58 also runs through the space 55i in the turning cylinder 55 that constitutes spindle unit in connecting portion 120.In addition, the position midway of shooting cable 58 by operating portion main body 9 in and in the image display 4, face be arranged at turning cylinder 55 near 56 maintenances of a pair of clamping part, even so that under the situation that this shooting cable 58 reverses because of the rotational action of image display 4, can be to the junction surface imposed load of imaging apparatus 17 with shooting cable 58 yet.Therefore, though the shooting cable 58 between a pair of clamping part 56, can prevent the part that remains on a pair of clamping part 56 both sides sometimes because of the rotational action of image display 4 also produces local torsion reverses.
In addition, as shown in Figure 8, the imaging apparatus 17 of present embodiment is configured in the exterior member 3h of operating portion main body 9.On the other hand, the imaging apparatus control circuit 33 as image processing part is configured in respect in the not shown accommodation section of imaging apparatus 17 in the apparatus main body 18 position, image display 4 that turning cylinder 55 leaves.
In addition, be used for the apparatus main body 18 and the operating portion main body 9 of image display 4 are connected into the exterior member 4g that turning cylinder free to rotate 55 is located at image display 4, it is the cylindrical shell that is used for the exterior member 3h of rotating support operating portion main body 9.The material of the turning cylinder 55 of this tubular is formed by electromagnetic wave shielding member, for example uses metal.
In addition, turning cylinder 55 also can form the whole inner peripheral surface that further spreads all over tubular and apply electromagnetic wave shielding members such as silver.In addition, in order to eliminate the radiation noise, also can form the whole inner peripheral surface that spreads all over the exterior member 4g (with reference to Fig. 8) that holds battery 34 and apply electromagnetic wave shielding members such as silver influence as the imaging apparatus control circuit 33 of image processing part.
Thus, turning cylinder 55 can shield the radiation noise from the shooting cable 58 of inleakage in connecting portion 120.Thus, the endoscope 1 of present embodiment can prevent this radiation noise leakage to the endoscope outside, therefore can drop to bottom line with radiating the influence of noise to electronic equipment.
In addition, imaging apparatus 17 is installed on the lens frame 82 by following installation method.Specifically, in the present embodiment,, as shown in Figure 9, at least two limits of lens frame 82, form butting section 82a, 82a for littler area and carry out the location of imaging apparatus 17 accurately with respect to lens frame 82 (with reference to Fig. 8).In addition, in the present embodiment, make the side surface part on the imaging apparatus 17 orthogonal both sides that will be provided with and this two butting section 82a, 82a against, thereby carry out the location of imaging apparatus 17 with respect to lens frame 82.In addition, these butting sections 82a, 82a form stairstepping.
Thus, shown in Figure 12 as described later, by making two butting section 82a that form stairstepping (82a is not shown in another butting section) butt of two side surface part and lens frame 82, thereby imaging apparatus 17 is fixed with the state of hi-Fix.In addition, a plurality of butting section 82a of lens frame 82 are located at the both sides at least of lens frame 82 in the present embodiment, but can certainly be located on both sides above three limits or four limits.
In addition, as Fig. 8 and shown in Figure 12, imaging apparatus 17 is designed in the present embodiment not to be located at the inside of this turning cylinder 55 with the rotational action linkage manner of turning cylinder 55, can not become big thereby the turning cylinder 55 that is built-in with imaging apparatus 17 outwards bloats the shape of operating portion main body 9.
That is, as shown in figure 12, part is formed with and is used to the otch 55a that avoids turning cylinder 55 to contact with imaging apparatus 17 near the imaging apparatus 17 of turning cylinder 55.Thus, though turning cylinder 55 follow the rotation of image display 4 and rotate, also not can with imaging apparatus 17 butts, thereby can hold imaging apparatus 17.Thus, the shape that can form operating portion main body 9 can not become big yet.
And then, in the endoscope 1 of present embodiment, constitute the rotational resistance in the time of can changing image display 4 rotations.That is, as shown in figure 13, in setting the exterior member 3h of turning cylinder 55 slidably to be provided with a pair of resistance body 84 from the outer peripheral face of both direction clamping turning cylinder 55 and with the mode of its butt.A resistance body 84 is fixed in the exterior member 3h, and another resistance body 84 constitutes and can regulate butt power (pressing force) with respect to the outer peripheral face of rotating shaft 55 by the amount of screwing of regulating pin 87 via abutting part 86.
This abutting part 86 screw by making the screwed hole of regulating pin 87 and being formed on the bottom in the installing hole 85, thereby this abutting part 86 moves to the outer peripheral face direction of turning cylinder 55 in the installing hole 85 that is located on the link 83.In addition, resistance body 84 is for example formed by fluorine resin etc.
Thus,, in manufacturing process, regulate regulating pin 87 in the installing hole 85 of being located at link 83 by the predetermined amount of screwing in advance for the endoscope 1 of present embodiment, and by the outer peripheral face of two resistance bodies 84 from both direction clamping turning cylinder 55.Then, endoscope 1 changes the butt power (pressing force) of a resistance body 84 with respect to the outer peripheral face of turning cylinder 55 via the abutting part 86 of above-mentioned another resistance body 84, thereby is that the rotary resistance of image display 4 is adjusted to preferred condition with the rotational resistance of turning cylinder 55.
In addition, above-mentioned two resistance bodies, 84 mechanisms such as rotational resistance such as grade are with respect to imaging apparatus 17, be located at operating portion main body 9 with imaging apparatus control circuit 33 opposite sides promptly with the side surface part of the opposite side of direction of image display 4.Therefore, the size of transverse width that the endoscope 1 of present embodiment forms operating portion main body 9 is little, has prevented the structure that maximizes thereby become.
In addition, the endoscope 1 of present embodiment is provided with as the turning cylinder 55 of operating portion main body 9 with the connecting portion of the apparatus main body 18 of image display 4, as shown in Figure 8, operating portion main body 9 and side surface part image display 4 direction opposition sides with turning cylinder 55 watertights be enclosed in the inside of exterior member 3h.Thus, the endoscope 1 of present embodiment becomes the structure of fully guaranteeing cleaning and watertightness etc.
Get back to Fig. 7 then, the image signalization at the tested position 50 that the imaging apparatus control circuit 33 that is electrically connected by the shooting cable 58 from imaging apparatus 17 will be taken by imaging apparatus 17, and export it to record control circuit 31 and display control circuit 32.In addition, composing images handling part such as imaging apparatus control circuit 33 and display control circuit 32.
In record control circuit 31, can freely load and unload recording mediums such as XD image card.From being located at presentation switch 15 (with reference to Fig. 2) on the operating portion main body 9, being located at rest image record change-over switch 24 on the image display 4 and the input signal of dynamic image record change-over switch 25 (all with reference to Fig. 1) supplies to this record control circuit 31.
According to input signal from these various switches, record control circuit 31 with the signal of endoscopic images as rest image or dynamic image writes down and control such as reproduction.Promptly, record control circuit 31 will be stored in the recording medium by the picture at the tested position 50 after 33 signallings of imaging apparatus control circuit, then according to reproducing and the input of the index signal that static etc. image reproduction switch 15b carries out, export the signal of this storage to display control circuit 32.
In this case, if stagger in the position at the center of the center of imaging apparatus 17 and image guide passage 38, will in monitor portion 21, show the endoscopic images that departs from.Therefore, in the present embodiment, if under the situation about staggering in the position at the center of the center of imaging apparatus 17 and image guide passage 38, handle so that it is carried out revisal by display control circuit 32.
Specifically, display control circuit 32 carries out image centering functions are handled so that the position consistency that cuts out position and image guide passage 38 of the endoscopic images of the shooting of carrying out based on imaging apparatus 17.Thus, need not to be provided with the mechanical type detent mechanism, by display control circuit 32 carries out image centering functions, thus, even under the situation about staggering in the position at the center of the center of imaging apparatus 17 and image guide passage 38, in monitor portion 21, also can show the endoscopic images that is positioned at the center.
In addition, record control circuit 31 with respect to LED 16, imaging apparatus 17 and imaging apparatus control circuit 33, provides the index signal of electric power supply according to the signal input from various switches 15,24,25 to power-supplying circuit 30.
The endoscope 1 of the present embodiment of Gou Chenging is when on and off switch 22 is connected like this, power-supplying circuit 30 difference supply capabilities from image display 4, and, then, in monitor portion 21, show the image that is recorded in the record control circuit 31 with the image reproduction mode starting.In addition, under this state, not from power-supplying circuit 30 to LED 16 and imaging apparatus 17 supply capabilities.
Then, when for example becoming rest image record holding state when operator connection rest image record change-over switch 24, also power from power-supplying circuit 30 to LED 16 and imaging apparatus 17, image pickup signal after opto-electronic conversion transfers to imaging apparatus control circuit 33, display control circuit 32 and monitor portion 21 successively from imaging apparatus 17, thereby shows the image in observing in real time in monitor portion 21.
Under this state, under the situation of record rest image, when operator was connected image recording switch 15a, picture signal was taken into record control circuit 31 from imaging apparatus control circuit 33, thereby rest image is recorded in the internal storage as recording medium of record control circuit 31.In addition, behind record, in monitor portion 21, automatically show the image in observing once more.
Then, when operator was connected image reproduction switch 15b, picture signal exported display control circuit 32 to from record control circuit 31, shows the rest image that is write down in monitor portion 21.Then, when operator fragmentary picture reproduces switch 15b, in monitor portion 21, replace the demonstration of rest image and show image in the observation.
In addition, when operator is connected dynamic image record change-over switch 25, become dynamic image record holding state, also the image pickup signal after opto-electronic conversion is transferred to imaging apparatus control circuit 33, display control circuit 32 and monitor portion 21 successively from imaging apparatus 17 in this case, thereby in monitor portion 21, show the image in observing in real time.
Under this state, under the situation of record dynamic image, when operator is connected image recording switch 15a, in the above-mentioned internal storage that similarly dynamic image is recorded in record control circuit 31.
In the dynamic image recording process, utilize in imaging apparatus control circuit 33 or the record control circuit 31 any to export picture signal to display control circuit 32 in real time, thereby in monitor portion 21, show in real time and observe image.
Then, when operator disconnected image recording switch 15a, record stopped, and showed the image in observing in monitor portion 21.Next, carrying out under the situation that dynamic image reproduces, when operator is connected image and reproduced switch 15b, carrying out and rest image reproduces same control.When dynamic image reproduce to finish, carry out and above-mentioned rest image reproduces and finishes same control the state when getting back to above-mentioned starting.
Next, the effect of the present embodiment that constitutes like this is described.In addition, effect shown below is about describing with the electromagnetic wave shielding effect that operating portion main body 9 connects into turning cylinder free to rotate 55 based on the apparatus main body 18 with image display 4.
At first, when connecting the on and off switch 22 of endoscope 1, distinguish supply capabilities from the power-supplying circuit 30 of image display 4, and start with image reproduction mode.Then, for example connect rest image record change-over switch 24 and when becoming rest image record holding state when operator, from power-supplying circuit 30 also to LED 16 and imaging apparatus 17 supply capabilities.
Under this state, image pickup signal transfers to imaging apparatus control circuit 33, display control circuit 32 and monitor portion 21 successively from imaging apparatus 17, thereby shows the image in observing in real time in monitor portion 21.
At this moment, the radiation noise that might generate electromagnetic waves etc. from imaging apparatus 17 and shooting cable 58.Particularly possess that this shooting cable is 58 that passed, in the structure of the turning cylinder 55 of the connecting portion that constitutes image display 4 and operating portion main body 9, this radiation noise might leak into the endoscope outside via this turning cylinder 55.
Therefore, as shown in Figure 8, the endoscope 1 of present embodiment constitutes, imaging apparatus 17 is configured in the exterior member 3h of operating portion main body 9, on the other hand, as the imaging apparatus control circuit 33 of graphics processing unit and composing images handling part be configured in the not shown accommodation section of imaging apparatus 17 in the apparatus main body 18 position, image display 4 that turning cylinder 55 leaves in.
In addition, and then, be used for the exterior member 4g that turning cylinder 55 that apparatus main body 18 and operating portion main body 9 with image display 4 connect into present embodiment free to rotate is located at image display 4, that its use can engage with the exterior member 3h of operating portion main body 9 with being free to slide, form tubular as for example metal of electromagnetic wave shielding member.In addition, shooting cable 58 runs through in this turning cylinder 55.
Thus, from the radiation noise that runs through the shooting cable 58 in the turning cylinder 55 conductively-closed in the turning cylinder 55 that forms connecting portion 120.
In addition, when connecting the on and off switch 22 of endoscope 1, also give out heat N (with reference to Figure 11) from power-supplying circuit 30.At this moment, power-supplying circuit 30 is set to, and in the inner space 4i that the exterior member 4g by image display 4 seals, is positioned at the inside side of the observed monitor portion 21 of operator, promptly is positioned at the back side 4b side of exterior member 4g.Thus, as shown in figure 11, heat N discharges to the direction of leaving operator from the back side 4b of the formation radiating part that leaves operator.
In addition, be used for discharging the structure of this heat N at image display 4, no matter monitor portion 21 be positioned at towards the direction of insertion J with insertion section 2 deviate from above direction, it all is the same still being positioned at towards the direction with the roughly orthogonal direction P of direction of insertion J (major axis of the operating portion 3) back side 1z side that is endoscope 1.
As mentioned above, endoscope 1 according to present embodiment, turning cylinder 55 uses for example metal as electromagnetic wave shielding member to form tubular, and then the cable 58 of will making a video recording constitutes and runs through in this turning cylinder 55, therefore can shield reliably from the radiation noise that runs through the shooting cable 58 in the turning cylinder 55 in the turning cylinder 55 that forms connecting portion 120.Thus, can prevent the outside of this radiation noise leakage, therefore can drop to bottom line radiating the influence of noise to electronic equipment to endoscope 1.
In addition, endoscope 1 for present embodiment, power-supplying circuit 30 in the 4i of inner space, is provided in the back side 4b side than the 21 more close exterior member 4g of monitor portion in being equipped on the inner space 4i that is covered by the exterior member 4g of image display 4 time.Thus, when the driving adstante febre of following power-supplying circuit 30, the heat N of this generation is dispersed into the positive 1h side of endoscope 1 from the back side 4b of the exterior member 4g of the image display 4 of the rear side that becomes monitor portion 21.Therefore, the endoscope 1 of present embodiment can discharge the heat of power-supplying circuit 30 reliably to the direction of operator of observation monitor portion 21 that avoidance is positioned at the back side 1z side of endoscope 1.
And then for the endoscope 1 of present embodiment, LED 16 is located in the operating portion 3, and power-supplying circuit 30 is arranged in the image display 4.Therefore, the endoscope 1 of present embodiment becomes such structure: LED 16 and power-supplying circuit 30 and is located at away from each other position respectively, therefore can prevent from the position of local pyrexia to occur because of dispelling the heat from LED 16 and power-supplying circuit 30.That is, the endoscope 1 of present embodiment does not bring uncomfortable feeling thereby can not dispel the heat because of the part to operator by improving the dispersion efficiency from the heating of LED 16 and power-supplying circuit 30.
In addition, in embodiments of the present invention, be that example has been represented endoscope 1, but being applied to technoscope also can obtain the effect identical with present embodiment with therapeutic medical endoscope.
Thus, according to endoscope of the present invention, shield radiation noise by the electromagnetic wave shielding member that the shooting cable is passed constitute operating portion and the tubular of the connecting portion of display device from the cable of making a video recording, can prevent this radiation noise leakage thus to the endoscope outside, therefore have and to drop to MIN advantage with radiating the influence of noise electronic equipment.
Promptly, according to the present invention, can realize such endoscope: shield radiation noise by the electromagnetic wave shielding member that the shooting cable is passed constitute operating portion and the tubular of the connecting portion of display device, can prevent reliably that thus this radiation noise leakage is to the endoscope outside from the cable of making a video recording.
In addition, the invention that above embodiment is put down in writing is not limited to the record of this embodiment, in addition, can also the implementation phase in the scope that does not break away from its purport, implement various distortion.And then, comprise the invention in various stages in the above-described embodiment, by disclosed a plurality of elements are carried out appropriate combination, thereby can extract various inventions.
For example, even the several elements of deletion from the whole elements shown in the above-mentioned embodiment, can solve the problem described in the problem hurdle that invention will solve and can obtain under the situation of the described effect of invention effect, delete structure after this element and also can be used as invention and propose.
Though the preferred embodiments of the present invention that describe with reference to the accompanying drawings, but it will be appreciated that and the invention is not restricted to above-mentioned accurate embodiment, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification to this under the situation of the spirit or scope of the present invention that do not break away from the claims qualification.
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1. endoscope, this endoscope comprises with the lower part:
The insertion section, it is used for inserting subject;
Operating portion, the base end side of itself and this insertion section is connected with;
Image unit, it is located in the above-mentioned insertion section or in the aforesaid operations portion, takes the tested position of above-mentioned subject;
Display device, it is located in the aforesaid operations portion, and has the display part of the photographs that is used to show the above-mentioned tested position of being taken by above-mentioned image unit;
Image processing part, it is located in this display device, is used to handle the image pickup signal at the above-mentioned tested position of being taken by above-mentioned image unit; And
Electromagnetic wave screen unit, it is located in the connecting portion of aforesaid operations portion and above-mentioned display device, and the shooting cable configurations that above-mentioned image processing part and above-mentioned image unit are electrically connected is in this electromagnetic wave screen unit.
2. endoscope according to claim 1 is characterized in that,
Above-mentioned electromagnetic wave screen unit is to make above-mentioned shooting cable penetration be configured in wherein cylindrical shell.
3. endoscope according to claim 2 is characterized in that,
Above-mentioned cylindrical shell is that aforesaid operations portion and above-mentioned display device are connected into spindle unit free to rotate.
4. endoscope according to claim 3 is characterized in that,
Above-mentioned spindle unit is formed by metal.
5. endoscope, this endoscope comprises with the lower part:
The insertion section, it is used for inserting subject;
Operating portion, the base end side of itself and this insertion section is connected with;
Image unit, it is located in the above-mentioned insertion section or in the aforesaid operations portion, takes the tested position of above-mentioned subject;
Display device, it is located in the aforesaid operations portion, and has the display part of the endoscopic images that is used to show the above-mentioned tested position of being taken by above-mentioned image unit;
Image processing part, it is located in this display device, is used to handle the image pickup signal at the above-mentioned tested position of being taken by above-mentioned image unit;
The spindle unit of tubular, it is used for aforesaid operations portion and above-mentioned display device are connected into free to rotate, and this spindle unit is located in the above-mentioned display device in the mode that can engage with this operating portion with being free to slide, and is formed by electromagnetic wave shielding member; And
The shooting cable, it runs through the inside of above-mentioned spindle unit, and above-mentioned image processing part and above-mentioned image unit are electrically connected.
6. endoscope according to claim 5 is characterized in that,
The above-mentioned electromagnetic wave shielding member that forms above-mentioned spindle unit is a metal.
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